Sudan Accuses Ethiopia of Hosting Drone Launch Sites
The Facts
- Sudan accused Ethiopia on Wednesday of allowing drones to launch from its territory, with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Muawiya Osman Khalid calling it "a dangerous development that could undermine security and stability in the region."
- At a Khartoum news conference, officials from the defense, foreign affairs and information ministries presented drone fragments and flight-path data they said provided evidence of launch points inside Ethiopian territory, including at Bahir Dar Airport.
- Sudan's Foreign Ministry warned that the alleged use of Ethiopian territory for drone attacks threatened regional stability and said Khartoum reserved the right to defend itself. Ethiopia and the UAE have previously denied involvement in such attacks.
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The Spin
Pro-government narrative
Pointing fingers at Addis Ababa is a convenient way to dodge the fact that Khartoum has been cozying up to armed groups tearing at Ethiopia's north. Unverified accusations, flatly denied by both Addis Ababa and Abu Dhabi, come cheap in a region where nearly every government is arming somebody. Escalating this blame game without credible evidence risks deepening regional tensions and setting the whole Horn of Africa alight.
Government-critical narrative
Blasting power stations, hospitals and fuel depots is a deliberate campaign to starve civilians out and block any chance of returning home. Renting out airfields to a militia, with Gulf money bankrolling the drones, turns someone else's civil war into outright aggression against a sovereign neighbor. Security Council silence in the face of such attacks only guarantees more destruction, the next blackout and the next massacre.
